狗眼看人低

Chinese

		dog's eyes; fragile eyes	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	man; person; people	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (狗眼看人低)		狗眼	看	人	低
simp. #(狗眼看人低)		狗眼	看	人	低

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒuyǎn kàn rén dī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngaan⁵ hon³ jan⁴ dai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuyǎn kàn rén dī [Phonetic: góuyǎnkànréndī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuyǎn kàn rén di
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-yen³ kʻan⁴ jên² ti¹
    • Yale: gǒu-yǎn kàn rén dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouyean kann ren di
    • Palladius: гоуянь кань жэнь ди (goujanʹ kanʹ žɛnʹ di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ti⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ngaan⁵ hon³ jan⁴ dai¹
    • Yale: gáu ngáahn hon yàhn dāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngaan⁵ hon³ jan⁴ dai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngan⁵ hon³ yen⁴ dei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːn¹³ hɔːn³³ jɐn²¹ tɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

狗眼看人低

1. (figurative) to act like a snob; to look down on someone even when one is no better

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 白鴿眼／白鸽眼